K1 interview, documents and doubts! And money.

[HeatDeath 430]

Several points:

I interviewed in Vancouver for a K-1 at the end of last April. Neither myself nor my USC now-wife had been previously married, and I don't have my Packet 3 handy, so I don't know about needing previous marriage certificates. [it stands to reason, though, and it certainly won't hurt to have them handy.] I do know they definitely need final divorce decrees for all previous marriages from both partners. The defining requirement of eligibility for a K-1 is that both the petitioner and the beneficiary are legally "free to marry". They check this requirement at each step in the K-1 process - I-129F (via your letter of intent), visa application, PoE, AOS (making sure you now are married) - and you need to be able to prove the appropriate status at each step.

I was not asked for a copy of my USC now-wife's birth certificate by the consulate at any time. They already had a copy of it from the I-129F petition packet that was sent to them form the NVC anyways. I did bring a copy of my I-129F packet, just in case, so I had one on me, but neither the Packet 3 nor the interviewing IO asked for it.

To amplify B+U's correct advice: an IRS tax transcript contains all of the information about a person's tax return for the given year. No other tax documentation is required. It contains the information from the 1040, the W2s, the 1099s, and any and all other forms and schedules that were included with that year's tax return. Copies of the actual W2s, 1099s, etc, are only necessary if you are sending a copy of the completed 1040. The completed 1040 by itself is not a complete record of your taxes for that year, and requires the additional documentation. A tax transcript already contains all of the information from all of those forms, so no additional documentation is required.

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If you have sent a I-134 filled out by you, the documentation you listed for you, and an I-134 filled out by your mother, and the documentation you listed for her, and she is reasonably above the poverty levels for a household that includes you two, then yes, that should be fine for Vancouver. Your Mom's W2's are probably extraneous, since, as noted above, the transcripts will contain all of that information as well, but including them will not hurt. Not listing her property should make no difference if her income is sufficient. While we listed my now-mother-in-law's property on her cosponsoring I-134, we did not on her joint-sponsoring I-864, and it was approved without difficulty, and the I-864 is both more strict and more legally binding than an I-134, so I think that part should be fine as well.

Edited March 21, 2010 by HeatDeath